Initial commit: Research Bridge API with Podman support

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+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    gcc \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy project files
+COPY pyproject.toml README.md ./
+COPY src/ ./src/
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -e "."
+
+# Non-root user for security
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 appuser && chown -R appuser:appuser /app
+USER appuser
+
+# Expose port
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+# Health check
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+    CMD python -c "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:8000/health')" || exit 1
+
+# Run the application
+CMD ["uvicorn", "src.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--proxy-headers"]